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☾ sixty - two ☾

"My lady, I have a letter for you."

At Marilyn's words, I took the letter from her hands.

It was from Veronica.

'You sent it very quickly. Do you have something to say to me?'

After I removed the sealing wax, I opened the letter.

Inside it was full of unfair things about the management of their fishing grounds she had suffered from Mikhail.

And finally, she commented that she was worried about Mikhail's extraordinary obsession towards me.

'Mikhail, this man is really being punished by the heavens.'

I let him go because I knew I wronged him while we were together, but I didn't know his family was in charge of fishing.

'Exactly, I was close to managing personal connections to take advantage of people when needed, but I was distressed even for him.'

When I read her letter, I suddenly remembered that about myself.

[ note : so this part is a bit confusing, but i'm guessing mikhail is salty about what happened at veronica's house and decided to take out his anger on her family like what?? ]

Somehow my mouth felt bitter.

I felt like eating something sweet.

Should I ask Matthew to bake me a cake?

[ note : matthew is the chef of the house ]

However, I decided on going to a sweet tea shop instead.

"Marylin, get ready for an outing."

"Yes, Miss. I'll give you a change of clothes first."

When I changed into my outdoor clothes, Marilyn left the room.

"Wait a minute. I'll shall let the butler know."

"Yes."

When she went out, I laughed unconsciously.

'Since you didn't come today, will you come tomorrow?'

I thought about buying Max's favorite cake and saving it for him for the next time he came.

Knock. Knock.

I became nervous as I heard a sound coming from the window.

'It's not a pigeon, is it?'

I crept towards the window.

I let out a sigh of relief at the familiar face.

'I told you to come through the door normally, but you came through the window again.'

When I unlocked the window, he stepped into my room.

"Welcome."

"Where are you going?"

Marilyn's voice was heard from outside the door.

"My Lady, we're all set."

I stared at him.

"I was going to have cake alone but your timing was good. Let's go together."

I thought he would've liked the idea because he's a person who seems to enjoy cake.

But instead of reacting positively, he only stared at me with a stiff expression.

His voice came out before long.